65 m. ago UK tourists in Tenerife warned 'don’t be alarmed' as date set for emergency drill

The island's president announced the plan on Monday

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73 m. ago UK Foreign Office issues update for tourists travelling to Egypt

Travellers will still be able to recieve support from the Embassy despite changes

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1 hour ago Lager on the rocks? Gen Z’s iced beer habit gets frosty reception from traditionalists

A new ice age is upon us – amid the hottest summer on record

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2 h. ago Cooper suggests asylum seekers could be moved into warehouses instead of hotels – UK politics live

Home secretary says government aims to ‘shrink the whole asylum system’ and is looking at ‘military and industrial sites’Lamb says the Greens are “the antidote to Reform”.That gets a big round of applause.We’re a home for all those people across the country holding their heads in their hands as the Labour government lets them down again and again and again, whether it is switching from the aid budget or from people with disabilities and not bringing in taxes we need.And that is why, in reaction, a new Green wave is sweeping the country as people turn to us.It’s already become a bit of a cliche, but we are really moving into a multi-party system, with the Greens poised to help create the next government.And, like all the best cliches, it has the distinct advantage of also being for true. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Why Nicolas Jackson CAN play for Bayern Munich against Chelsea in Champions League

UEFA rules state that loanees can play against parent clubs

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2 h. ago Best boozy advent calendars for Christmas 2025: Top picks across wine, beer and spirits from budget to luxury

Festive merriment loading

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4 h. ago Tourist dies at Hong Kong Disneyland after passing out on ride

Filipino man, 53, collapses on Frozen Ever After ride

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4 h. ago Public consultations on Stirling's proposed 'tourist tax' to get underway

The draft scheme, which was informed by feedback in an extensive public engagement process earlier this year, outlines ambitious plans to enhance, support and future-proof the region's visitor economy.

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4 h. ago Now, about those tax rises Starmer gathers Cabinet for first meeting after humiliating Rachel Reeves and drafting in left

Keir Starmer's new-look top team will assemble in Downing Street amid fears the ground is being laid for another brutal tax raid at the Autumn Budget.

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4 h. ago Stag do reveller is mauled by hyenas after crashing out at South African game reserve after boozy night partying... and has to fight them off to survive

A stag party reveller who crashed out after a boozy bash in a South African game reserve got a rude awakening as he was dragged out of his tent by two hungry hyenas.

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4 h. ago Art and politics are not the same thing – but the Anna Netrebko case shows what happens when they collide | Martin Kettle

The arts and politics are bound to mix, but they are not the same thing. In the cold war, Soviet artists performed in the west. Should the Russian soprano, who has condemned the Ukraine invasion, be blocked from singing in London?It is one of my very earliest concert memories. In October 1965, my father drove us to Manchester to hear Mstislav Rostropovich play in the Free Trade Hall. Rostropovich played Dvořák’s cello concerto with the Moscow Philharmonic, who began the concert with a symphony by Tikhon Khrennikov and ended it with one by Brahms. I was smitten by Rostropovich’s noble playing. I had never heard a musician like him before.This was, though, a concert taking place slap-bang in the middle of the cold war. The Cuban missile crisis had taken place less than three years earlier. The Berlin Wall was still fairly new. The Vietnam war was deepening. That summer I had read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The movie version of Le Carré’s novel, with Richard Burton, was due out...

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4 h. ago 2025 Kirkcudbright Fringe set to begin with Hue and Cry and Timmy Mallet among star attractions

There will be more than 60 events taking place between today and Sunday, as well as a three-day beer festival and a wide range of stalls and food outlets.

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5 h. ago Man Utd transfer news: Six signings and 29 exits confirmed as summer transfer window ends

Manchester United have been one of the busiest clubs in the transfer market this summer, with Ruben Amorim's side completing six new signings and a massive exodus of talent

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6 h. ago Fewer international tourists are traveling to the US. That’s not expected to change anytime soon

In the first seven months of the year, the number of overseas visitors declined by more than 3 million, compared to the same period a year before, according to U.S. government data

Society

7 h. ago Prime Minister Keir Starmer hits new record low as Britain turns on Labour Party

Keir Starmer's approval rating has hit a record low, a City AM/Freshwater Strategy poll has shown, as pressure mounts on the government ahead of the Budget

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7 h. ago Forgotten Man City player faces four months in wilderness after transfer failure

Kalvin Phillips faces four months in exile at Manchester City after an Achilles injury prevented the midfielder from finding a new club during the summer transfer window.It had been expected that the 29-year-old would end his disappointing City career during the summer window, but he failed to recover from surgery in time and hasn't yet returned to full training.There had been Premier League interest in Phillips earlier in the summer, including from former club Leeds United, but ultimately, a lack of fitness meant no move was forthcoming for the England international.Despite staying at the Etihad, Phillips is unlikely to feature for City before the January transfer window opens. Although the windows remain open in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, a move to either of those leagues isn't currently on the cards.Phillips has been out of favour at City since a nightmare first 18 months after a £42million move from Leeds United in the summer of 2022. He hasn't played for the club since December 2...

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8 h. ago France has a massive debt crisis. So why is it spending billions a year subsidising business? | Alexander Hurst

The government is on the brink of collapse over planned austerity. Instead it must face up to the costs of its unnecessarily rigid labour marketAs someone who has always been against austerity, I find France, with a national debt at 114% of GDP and a budget deficit of 5.8% of GDP, a conundrum. Despite years of denunciation from his left and far-right opponents that Macron has engaged in “ultraneoliberalism”, there hasn’t been any. Not on a macro level, anyway, where both French government spending (57.3% of GDP) and tax receipts (51.4% of GDP) are among the highest in the world, including social spending, which outpaces any of its European neighbours.At the same time, it’s impossible to have spent the past decade in France without encountering the widely shared perception and accusation that public services are in decline. Doctors and nurses denounce a labour shortage in public hospitals; people who live in rural areas denounce the closing of rural train lines; students and academic...

Economics

9 h. ago Fewer international tourists are traveling to the US. Here’s why that’s not expected to change anytime soon

In the first seven months of the year, the number of overseas visitors declined by more than 3 million, compared to the same period a year before, according to U.S. government data

Society

14 h. ago Putin claims nothing is ever Russia's fault as he gives weird speech during China trip

The dictator was speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, a Eurasian bloc of ten countries, which he praised in favour of 'outdated' Western-led alliances

Politics

14 h. ago Chelsea: Ben Chilwell joins Blues exodus as two stars remain in bomb squad

The Briton joins the flow of Blues moving to sister club Strasbourg

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